...Your images are interesting. That guy reminds me of Tom Strong from ABC...
That is the correct reference.
...I am trying to developing a study strategy prior to entry into Albany Med...
I don't think this is possible. Medical school will be different for everyone, and it will take adjustment. In general, if you've succeeded using a particular study strategy so far, then I'd rely upon it until you become acclimated.
...1) Do Profs. A) find showing up to class offensive, B) assign a lot of pop materials, C) frequently discuss useful material sometimes not captured in the audio/video (e.g. what not to study for an exam or the fact that an exam date has changed), D) will be less likely to help you if you ask them questions or for anything else (e.g. letter of recommendation)?...
It depends on the prof, and you will have 20 different profs in the first 6 wk block. Seriously. It was a struggle for me because you could never figure out what was important - you'd have one prof for one lecture, and then a different for the next, and so on.
Some profs get pissed when nobody attends, but they get paid no matter what and enough people attend that the prof can't slip anything by the whole class (and there's not enough gunners for everyone to agree not to tell the rest of the class if the lecturer tries to pass them some special information. It just doesn't happen).
All of our lectures were recorded. They may have a different system now. Announcements were usually replicated, both spoken and emailed. There are no pop exams or assignments, there aren't any unannounced changes in the exam schedule (that is), none of that. Just the final. There's a few mandatory attendance-type classes - like EBHC - where you'll have assignments, but there's no exam.
...2) How do office hours work? Do Profs. have them? Can you ask questions by phone? Skype (
I know I am getting hopeful here)?...
Email and phone are probably best, but again, each prof does only a few lectures, so I don't know how many q's/prof you'll have.
...3) How many classes does someone typically take at one time? I understand that you study things by organs and themes but how many themes are you studying at once?...
You take one theme at a time. There are things like EBHC that will occur throughout the year and during each theme, but the time commitment there is not the same as for the theme coursework.
...4) Relatedly, what does the class schedule look like for a typical first year student (i.e. in terms of class schedule M-F; 8AM, 9AM, 10AM
)?...
9am-12pm lecture, lunch hour, 1pm-3pm or so (sometimes earlier, sometimes later).
...5) What are these mandatory classes you refer to that you must be at?...
Evidence-based healthcare. Another is about patients and ethics. I don't remember the name of it,
and I don't care.
Nope. Wait. I remember it now - Healthcare and society. Thanks for making me remember.
🙄
...6) Does the college offer electronic exams too?...
Yeah, there's some changes made in the way they do them, so you might want to ask another student.
...7) Does the college have note taking services?...
There is, but it's a service put together between the students.
...8) What is the learning curve to be able to watch lectures at 2-3X speed?...
Fine? I guess? All of the uhs, ums, errs, and .... slow down the lecture.
...9) What was your insurance policy if you didn't show up to class and the audio recordings were botched?...
You still have the outlines and presentations. You can see what notes your classmates wrote.
...10) Did you work in groups and if so, how did you identify good groupmates and prevent time-killers from joining your groups?...
Nope. I was a lone wolf.
...11) Do you know of any other AMC 1st-4th year students active on SDN? They may be able to further enlighten me regarding the electronic resources available at AMC, particularly since you said that they were introduced after your time...
Yes, but I'm not going to "out" them. I
will post this in the AMC c/o 2014 thread.
...I probably cant compensate you for the help you have provided me other than by saying I will do my best to answer questions any student asks me in the future, as I currently try to do...
Actually, how about this: Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, consider this justice a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
...P.S. Unrelatedly, is there a basketball court near AMC or at it? I have heard that there is a racquetball court so am optimistic...
I think so. There's some gym over at the pharm school and another at the Y.
